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Liz Woodhouse Liz Woodhouse, as seen by Richard Ball, Motor Pool, U. S. Embassy, Moscow Russia, late 1991/early 1992. (Hair isn't buzzed anymore. Glasses are the same. Still use the coat in winter - don't sleep under it very often anymore, though.)

Known on the newsgroups as just "Liz."

(Actually, better known as Liz, the Goddess of Paradox) (I didn't write that part... Of course, I didn't delete it either... <g>)


Chapter 1: How Liz Was Prepped For Paradox


Chapter 2: How Paradox Chose Liz The First Time

"But our computer will only run DOS..."

"That's OK; I'll just bring you a new computer."

And so, the Paradox guru brought us a Windows-capable PC, Paradox® 1.0 and a bunch of really thick books (which we mostly ignored). In no time, we'd figured out how to make tables and were using them to dispatch. Before long we figured out how to make queries and reports, but couldn't see any use for forms, and the ObjectPAL manual was just plain frightening, so we ignored it. Over the course of the next two years, we dispatched from monthly tables, archived frequently, ran our financial reports in seconds rather than spending hours making up, I mean compiling, data by hand from paper and pencil logs, and made new 'systems' (ha!) for dispatching 'visits' (president, vice-president, secretary of state - those kinds of visits).

During this same time period, I got my first Windows-capable PC - a Gateway 2000 Colorbook (notebook) 486-SX, 33MHz, 170MB hard drive and 4MB of RAM (I added another 4MB before long). Using this and the computer in the office, I taught myself all about Windows 3.1, and a variety of Windows software.

[Irrelevant-to-Paradox sub-plot: I did a lot of picture taking during those three years (learned in the first few weeks that you never go anywhere without your camera). I also did a lot of travelling outside of Russia to some pretty photogenic locations. With the help of some photography magazines and my friend Jim Yanke, I became an avid amateur photographer, adding two more lenses to my equipment collection, and a number of pretty good photos. You can see some of the better ones on my web site.]

Chapter 3: How Paradox Chose Liz The Second Time



Check out these articles written by Liz :
BDE Configuration Tips
Beyond Help: Breakpoints and the Debugger
Building Tables: Part 1: Files and Fields
Building Tables: Part 2: Validity Checks and Table Lookup
Building Tables: Part 3: Table Language, Table Level and Passwords
Building Tables: Part 4: Primary and Secondary Indices
Data Integrity Introduction
Do It Yourself Referential Integrity
Referential Integrity Introduction
Using ODBC Data Sources
Using the Microsoft TreeView Control in Paradox


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